ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,108, issued on May 13, was assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) (Stockholm).
"SIM swap fraud detection" was invented by Robert Byrne (Docklands, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided mechanisms for detecting SIM swap fraud. A method is performed by a classifier entity. The method comprises monitoring subscriber update data request messages sent as part of an update data procedure between a first network entity and a second network entity in a mobile network. The method comprises determining that one or more of the subscriber update data request messages is associated with SIM swap fraud by verifying...